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How does "it would be up to each node" work? Suppose there are three servers (A, B, C), and A is federated with both, but B isn't federated with C, and there's
by leereeves 4y ago
How does "it would be up to each node" work?
Suppose there are three servers (A, B, C), and A is federated with both, but B isn't federated with C, and there's conversation between people on A and B.
Do people on C only see the A side of the conversation?
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoI am not fully clear on how threads are handled, but, yes, in principle visibility of users and posts is based on who they choose to federate with. So C would not see any content that originated out of B. Which AFAIK includes replies, etc. I'm a Mastodon newb and not an expert, I'm sure someone else more informed could give a better explanation of the subtleties.
- LuisAPI 4y agoNo. Server A also sends messages coming from servers it federates with, so those on server C can see server B's messages, but C'ers just can't reply to them and expect B'ers to actually receive those messages.
- leereeves 4y ago> C'ers just can't reply to them and expect B'ers to actually receive those messages. Wouldn't A also forward those replies to B?